This is the original Robin. But below is the new updated Robin as they are today:
Although I had wanted to stay away from paint, the colored papers I used in the original Robin faded in the light very quickly, so I ended up opting to paint the clothing and sneakers and a bit of the facial features, but not the skin or hair.
I have lost the photo I took as a reference photo, probably in a hurried effort to give myself more space, so alas, you cannot see what I was looking at. I call it Breakfast Tray With Meds, but I may change it just to Breakfast Tray because it seems everyone now takes some medication with their morning meal, yeah, even young people! Anyhow, as you can see, I’m rather enjoying drawing from this overhead perspective. And black and white is a challenge. Since all who know me know I love a challenge, expect to see more of these! (Maybe)
Bone bud vases or candlesticks for slender taper candles. Handmade paper roses. Have made 8 bone bud vases and a dozen or more roses.
This head and torse made for a friend, Judy, who wants to keep her Halloween headless person throughout the year. Arms were slapped together years ago just to hold a bowl of Halloween candies but Judy insists they are good and go along with her new friend Jo’s head. Otherwise I would make new ones.
Window at Harmony Artists Collective Gallery, with all my art on display.
two different paper flowers very time consuming.
Paper flowers in most recent bud vase.
Front of most recent bud vase/candlestick
The word was Massive…I think this drawing fits the bill! (Even though as a ink drawing it wasn’t very successful.)
The word was Rush and as I said on Facebook I didn’t draw much more than a rush with a burgeoning inflorescence, wanting to spend my time practicing the architectural style lettering I am teaching myself.
Again, as I posted on FB I had lots of fun with the last Inktober word, Fire, but I forgot to light the still life properly, so instead of dramatic darks and lights I had complicated weak shadows from light from multiple sources. Not good! I’d like to draw this again, but with better lighting. Once again however I got to practice my lettering, explaining why my still life fit the word Fire.
The word was Chains,, so I drew a bank of fast food store chains, all in a row. I could not find any photos for this so I had to imagine it.
The word was Shallow. My cat scratches the word work, and me, when I walk too fast past her, so she’s my Miss Scratchy Baby!
The word was Shallow. Sea turtles are swimming in shallow water when you can see their shadows on the sea floor beneath them.
The word was Dangerous. This drawing depicts a young man singing in the bathtub while radio blasts out music, but little does he know the vibrations threaten to topple the radio into the tub…and we all know what happens then!
The word was Remove, so I drew an eviction as that’s how landlords remove an undesired tenant from their properties.
This time the word Beast suggested a young girl, understood to be beautiful, who looks in the mirror and sees only a beast. I don’t think this beast successfully captured what I wanted to depict, but there you have it.
This time the word was Sparkle, which stumped me until a friend said “eyes sparkle” and suggested I draw a detailed eye. Thank you, Mizzy!
Destroying Angel is an extremely poisonous mushroom in the Amanita genus.
Demon or Daimon can mean a god or deity so i chose to draw the Venus of Dolni Vestonice found in the Czech Republic and perhaps as old as 29,000 years. One of the oldest ceramic objects ever found.
Saddle shoes are full of nostalgia for me whereas saddles that go in horses etc mean little.
The word Plump brought to mind a plump ripe fig nearly bursting its skin with sweetness.
First frost of the season is coming soon and there are not enough shelters for all of these fellow human beings…
day 14 is Castle. I drew the school in Sançerre, France, where I went in 2019. Cœur de France is actually situated in a small castle.
Monday’s prompt will be Angel, so I drew two Destroying Angel amanita mushrooms. (Below)
day 13 the prompt was Rise…
Day 12 the prompt was Spicy, misspelled as Spicey…I couldn’t think of anything to draw except spicy hot peppers
Tomorrow’s prompt is Dagger.
This is the month for Inktober, that means an ink drawing a day for 31 days. So far so good!
The prompt for Day 1 was Dream.
The prompt for Day 2 was Spiders
The prompt for day 3 was Path and for Day 4 was Dodge… in the sense that we both dodged a bullet , deer and driver!
All the clocks below are made from paper mâché (plus a clock or just a clock mechanism ) . They range from about 9” across for the round white clock with the multicolored face, to the the fish clock which is about 20” from head to tail fin. All are for sale at the Brattleboro gallery of the Harmony Artists Collective.
painted for her birthday – peint pour son anniversaire.
Here’s the original photo of pasha
Here’s my rendering, with the chocolates turned into a book, The Art of Purring by David Michie, one of the 5 Dalaï lama’s cat books.
I removed the tea from used teabags and opened up the packets, washed and dried them, then painted on them. These are about 3” by 5” without frames.
From drawing to final portrait
Tried to add photos chronologically but some are still misplaced.
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portraits & figures by an older woman artist, with blue collar roots
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Life is too short to be petty-minded
What sense in chaos.
A pause to admire nature's unparalleled beauty.
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